Rumble...
From beneath the mirror surface came a shriek like heaven collapsing and earth splitting, shaking the entire world until it trembled.
Moo!!
Black Bull whipped its head around, its usually steady, guileless eyes now gleaming with an unprecedented gravity.
It seemed to have sensed something. The formations across its body had long been drawn taut like an arrow on the string, ready to face the coming upheaval at any moment.
Rumble...!
The mirror surfaces on all sides of this great road began to quake as well, rippling outward like waves across a lake.
The tremors grew increasingly violent, as though some mighty Heavenly Laws were awakening within.
A flicker of pain passed through Black Bull's eyes, as if some aura had pierced into its Primordial Spirit. The hum of heaven and earth grew ever louder, terrifying beyond measure.
Statues hundreds of zhang tall rose from the ground one after another, standing between heaven and earth with majestic bearing, awe-inspiring to behold.
Their appearance echoed the mysterious flower in the distant sky... filling the world in every direction with a grim, killing air.
Black Bull was utterly dumbfounded. This really was the Ancient Immortal Forbidden Grounds? How could it be this sinister?!
At that instant, heaven and earth fell utterly silent. Every hundred li, as far as the eye could see, there were nothing but those statues... the oppressive stillness was enough to make even Black Bull struggle to breathe.
This was worse than having mysterious experts appear—even Uncanny Creatures would have been better. Pulling this stunt on it? They had picked the wrong target. Go find Chen Xun instead!!
Moo...
Black Bull looked somewhat flustered, for these statues were all figures of the myriad races of the Great World!!
They stood with their arms folded, heads bowed and eyes